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  • darkseer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I wasn’t talking about a flat tax. I was stating that if taxes increased for one part of society then it has to increase for everyone. Otherwise, whichever party is in power would increase taxes on the other party’s registered voters.

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      1 year ago

      That’s just not how taxes work. It’s also not how they should work.

      I have never, and I daresay will never have to pay a tax on owning and operating a personal private jet.

      I have never paid the rather hefty taxes on cigarettes.

      There are plenty of taxes that target behaviors that have nothing to do with voting. These taxes are necessary because these behaviors cause indirect but real harm to others, and a tax is much more civil throwing rocks.

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        1 year ago

        You missed my point. If taxes could be targeted to specific groups or people, politicians would increase taxes on their rivals and on possible revenue streams their rivals use.

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          1 year ago

          Are you suggesting that a progressive tax illegitimately targets the rich as a particular group of people?

          Are you a troll?

          • darkseer@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            No. I’m saying that increasing the taxes for a single bracket can’t be done. If taxes for the top bracket increase the taxes for the lower brackets will increase as well